Chapter I: Front Matter

MARTIN OF OLD
LONDON

By
HERBERT STRANG

OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
LONDON : HUMPHREY MILFORD

STORIES FOR BOYS
_by_ HERBERT STRANG

_Adventures of Dick Trevanion, The_
_Adventures of Harry Rochester, The_
_A Gentleman-at-arms_
_Air Patrol, The_
_Air Scout, The_
_Barclay of the Guides_
_Boys of the Light Brigade_
_Humphrey Bold_
_Jack Brown in China_
_Kobo_
_One of Clive’s Heroes_
_Palm Tree Island_
_Rob the Ranger_
_Samba_
_Settlers and Scouts_
_Sultan Jim_
_Tom Burnaby_
_Winning His Name_
_With Drake on the Spanish Main_

REPRINTED 1936 IN GREAT BRITAIN AT THE
UNIVERSITY PRESS, OXFORD, BY JOHN JOHNSON

_CONTENTS_

PAGE

I. THE WAITING BOAT 5
II. MARTIN AT HOME 8
III. THE ASSAULT 13
IV. MARTIN LOSES HIS JOB 16
V. THE NOISE IN THE NIGHT 22
VI. MARTIN’S PASSENGER 28
VII. A BLOW IN THE DARK 33
VIII. THE FACE AT THE WINDOW 39
IX. AN ADVENTURE IN PUDDING LANE 44
X. A MYSTERIOUS VISITOR 48
XI. MR. SLOCUM AGAIN 54
XII. THE BRASS-BOUND BOX 59
XIII. BLACKBEARD VISITS THE BAKER 64
XIV. ON BOARD THE _SANTA MARIA_ 69
XV. COFFEE FOR TWO 74
XVI. WHAT MARTIN FOUND 80
XVII. STOP, THIEF! 84
XVIII. SALLY TAKES A HAND 90
XIX. GUNDRA DISAPPEARS 94
XX. FIRE! FIRE! 100
XXI. WHAT SUSAN FOUND 105
XXII. THE EMPTY ROOM 110
XXIII. 'PRENTICES TO THE RESCUE 115
XXIV. MR. SLOCUM MOVES AT LAST 121
XXV. MARTIN FOLLOWS 126
XXVI. PRISONERS 131
XXVII. MARTIN FINDS A WAY 136
XXVIII. THE BOYS ESCAPE 142
XXIX. MARTIN USES HIS WITS 147
XXX. THE BOYS SWIM FOR IT 152
XXXI. GOLLOP MAKES A DISCOVERY 157
XXXII. THE PURSUIT 163
XXXIII. AT GRIPS AT LAST 168
XXXIV. GOLLOP AT BAY 174
XXXV. MARTIN TO THE RESCUE 177
XXXVI. MARTIN’S ORDEAL 182
XXXVII. ALL’S WELL 188

Martin of Old London